HRC member in town for investigation

A MEMBER of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission on Wednesday visited the office of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to inquire into the complaints lodged by former State minister Shatrudra Prakash. He had complained about the displacement of two metal idols from the temple. There were some other complaints which have not been disclosed by the commission.

A MEMBER of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission on Wednesday visited the office of Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to inquire into the complaints lodged by former State minister Shatrudra Prakash.

He had complained about the displacement of two metal idols from the temple. There were some other complaints which have not been disclosed by the commission.

Member SVM Tripathi, the officials said visited the office of the temple and had a thorough discussion with the officials on the issues raised by the complainant.

Later, talking to reporters, Tripathi declined to comment on the issue saying that the Commission was examining the matter. He even refused to disclose the issues raised in the complaint. "After examining the nature of the complaint, the Commission would decide whether the issue needed to be handled by one man commission or should the two member bench deal it,” he said. 

Commenting on the nature of complaints the State Human Rights Commission receives, Tripathi said that land related complaints and police inaction topped the list of complaints.

“There is no department left against which complaints are not received,” he said and defined Human Rights elaborately.

He said violation of any right can never be termed as violation of human rights.Police, he said, was the most powerful organ of the government to ensure protection of human rights of its citizens.

Students meet UPHRC  member: About two dozen students of Banaras Hindu University on Wednesday called on visiting member of State Human Rights Commission SVM Tripathi and narrated him the September 19 incident when they were brutally lathicharged on the university campus while demanding restoration of BHU Students’ Union.Almost all the students, as well as a couple who was injured, showed the injuries inflicted by the security personnel of the BHU. The students informed him that they were served showcause notices by the BHU administration after the lathicharge. Tripathi assured them that the commission would take the matter seriously and suggested them to submit a detailed report, including the CD featuring the lathicharge. The students had carried the CD along with them.        

“We want protection of our human rights,” the students led by Awadesh Dixit who spearheaded the September 19 agitation urged the one man commission.